How to use old Product Key on my SSD?

[jpugh99]

I just got an EVO 850 250gb, and I was wondering if I could deactivate the product key on my HDD so I can use it on my SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

I just got an EVO 850 250gb, and I was wondering if I could deactivate the product key on my HDD so I can use it on my SSD.

If all you are doing is changing the drive, no 'deactivation' needed.
Just install the OS on the new drive.
When it all works properly on the new drive, wipe the old drive.

Or, if the situation permits, consider a migration from the old drive to the new drive.

 

[jpugh99]

I just got an EVO 850 250gb, and I was wondering if I could deactivate the product key on my HDD so I can use it on my SSD.

If all you are doing is changing the drive, no 'deactivation' needed.
Just install the OS on the new drive.
When it all works properly on the new drive, wipe the old drive.

Or, if the situation permits, consider a migration from the old drive to the new drive.

I failed to mention that I am using the old drive as mass storage and the new drive will be my primary drive. Is there anyway to do it without wiping my HDD?

 

[jpugh99]

I guess I'll just wipe both drives and reinstall windows on the SSD. Thanks for the help.

 

[USAFRet]

I just got an EVO 850 250gb, and I was wondering if I could deactivate the product key on my HDD so I can use it on my SSD.

If all you are doing is changing the drive, no 'deactivation' needed.
Just install the OS on the new drive.
When it all works properly on the new drive, wipe the old drive.

Or, if the situation permits, consider a migration from the old drive to the new drive.

I failed to mention that I am using the old drive as mass storage and the new drive will be my primary drive. Is there anyway to do it without wiping my HDD?

Once the OS is working on the new SSD, the old OS install on the old drive is simply wasted space.
Copy what you need off that drive, wipe it, and use it as needed.

 

[jpugh99]

I just got an EVO 850 250gb, and I was wondering if I could deactivate the product key on my HDD so I can use it on my SSD.

If all you are doing is changing the drive, no 'deactivation' needed.
Just install the OS on the new drive.
When it all works properly on the new drive, wipe the old drive.

Or, if the situation permits, consider a migration from the old drive to the new drive.

I failed to mention that I am using the old drive as mass storage and the new drive will be my primary drive. Is there anyway to do it without wiping my HDD?

Once the OS is working on the new SSD, the old OS install on the old drive is simply wasted space.
Copy what you need off that drive, wipe it, and use it as needed.

I'm sorry, really new to this. Where should I copy the files I need to? To my SSD then back to the HDD once wiped? I don't have an external harddrive other than a 32gb flash drive.

 

[USAFRet]

To prevent future confusion, you really only want one OS installed.
Unless you are purposely doing a dualboot of some sort, with 2 different OS's.

So...
On that old drive, presumably there is some stuff you want.
Save that stuff elsewhere.
Either on the new SSD, or DropBox, or that 32GB flashdrive...wherever.
Once you have that, wipe the old drive.
Copy that stuff back.

 

[jpugh99]

To prevent future confusion, you really only want one OS installed.
Unless you are purposely doing a dualboot of some sort, with 2 different OS's.

So...
On that old drive, presumably there is some stuff you want.
Save that stuff elsewhere.
Either on the new SSD, or DropBox, or that 32GB flashdrive...wherever.
Once you have that, wipe the old drive.
Copy that stuff back.

Gotcha, thank you very much for the help. Really appreciate it. Have a nice day.

 

[jpugh99]

To prevent future confusion, you really only want one OS installed.
Unless you are purposely doing a dualboot of some sort, with 2 different OS's.

So...
On that old drive, presumably there is some stuff you want.
Save that stuff elsewhere.
Either on the new SSD, or DropBox, or that 32GB flashdrive...wherever.
Once you have that, wipe the old drive.
Copy that stuff back.

Sorry, last question. Should I open up cmd with system recovery and just reformat the drive using diskpart or is there another way that I should do it?

 

[USAFRet]

To prevent future confusion, you really only want one OS installed.
Unless you are purposely doing a dualboot of some sort, with 2 different OS's.

So...
On that old drive, presumably there is some stuff you want.
Save that stuff elsewhere.
Either on the new SSD, or DropBox, or that 32GB flashdrive...wherever.
Once you have that, wipe the old drive.
Copy that stuff back.

Sorry, last question. Should I open up cmd with system recovery and just reformat the drive using diskpart or is there another way that I should do it?

Disk Management or diskpart will work.